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Struck off Edgware solicitor jailed for conning clients

A struck off solicitor who “misled and cheated” his unsuspecting clients has been jailed.

Sri Lankan born Wishwa Ellepola, of Dean Lane, Edgware, pretended to be a solicitor working for DJ Solicitors, a regulated organisation, without the firm's knowledge.

The 63-year-old mainly targeted Sri Lankan nationals seeking legal advice, but was found out when the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) discovered applications he sent to the Home Office on his 'clients’' behalf.